If you shat at the door, called and ran is installation, and if called and shat – it is a performance! The most concise description of modern art you can fit in one sentence. Postmodern insidious and contradictory. What sort of half-liter bottles… two in one mug is not enough to fully experience the artistic originality of some works.
For a global historical assessment of the paintings, written in the end of XX – beginning of XXI century, the third will have to uncork. Without it, the perception is not something extraneous noise interfere with the abstract.
In a sticky situation there are critics of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, which she has been forced to run to the grocery store. Recently, the largest gallery of national art has received a gift of a triptych, written in the genre of expressionism. Seemingly ordinary event. Little did wish to cling to van Gogh, Munch, Kandinsky and other gods of the genre? But here a special case! The author donated paintings – the former head of Department of property relations of the Ministry of defense, Evgenia Vasilyeva is the same. As they want now, and evaluated.
Paranoid rebellious little soul once again in turmoil: “Again, the Kremlin spin doctors for their “minnegasco” came from. Bred civil society as suckers, on some nonsense, distracting you from something significant and fatal for all of us”. And, really, after all, the scandal could not be avoided. A simple worker of the defense plant wages with delays anger go shake nodules. He is nothing except a couple of files and the same number of blanks from stainless steel for crushing sauerkraut was not stolen, and there was this chick that Gleb Zheglov with Joseph Stalin, no, not only defile the streets, but lives a full life, which he, a good loser, never won. Art expert and even more so!
If the will of the author of this article, Vasilyeva paintings have found their place in some swanky Museum. The artistic value of the paintings, of course, our portal to discuss. But with cultural and historical – of the triptych all right! Whatever they may be depicted, these works will be the brightest illustration of Putin’s Russia – its social inequality, overwhelming corruption, elitist justice.
The noise which caused the plaque Mannerheim in St.-Petersburg did not become a monument. No ex-head of administration Sergey Ivanov, nor the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky, who attended the opening ceremony, was unable to push the perpetuation of the dictator of Finland and an ally of Hitler. The monument of discord was sent to the Museum of the Martial chamber in Tsarskoye Selo. The place where he. Will remind you of carefree generations of the second half of the XXI century about the ease with which the stupid and dishonest-grandfathers was manipulating history for the sake of the environment.
Somewhere primastar and Orlovsky monument to Ivan the terrible with his power. Won’t last long – to the fortuneteller do not go. And Leonid Gaidai with his Comedy, Obeliksa image nicolasjager monarch, will not help, because not every historical stage, this is a great honor. Especially in times of new Troubles, which, apparently, is not far off. If instead of one Medina will be others, waiting in the same place Boris Godunov as an effective Manager, or of the First false Dmitry, as a “liberal Westerner”. Maybe Gennady Zyuganov will see ten-in budyenny helmets, on a spirited horse. After all, the native of the Oryol region!
In some Museum will be a place to nail Peter Pavlensky pierced his manhood and great-the cobblestones of red square, and the mask Nadezhda Tolokonnikova with her punk-prayer. During these exhibits, “the awakening of a democratic Russia” the fat cats will have to shell out tens of thousands of dollars. For lack of anything more Grand and monumental – even pink Slippers Vasilyeva property of the private collection will also be. Socialist realism Mukhina gradually supplant vulgar caprealism Zurab Tsereteli. Though, because the word “farmer” finally go into the category of archaisms and cease to be understood by 95% of the population. This is a monument to hipsters in skinny jeans and clean and streamers – is another matter.
Agitator-gorlan-leader Mayakovsky and Moscow naughty playboy Sergei Yesenin will give place to the poet of the XXI century Sergei Shnurov, censored “Louboutins” which will recite the valuation of fifth graders, and diplomat Griboyedov rebel with him to “serve would be happy fawn sick” will be eclipsed by the inspired rhymer Sergei Lavrov, who heads the Ministry of foreign Affairs. Russia stopped on the verge of another cultural revolution. If “dissent”from the art not enough moral strength and authority to defend traditions and values, in the next 30 years, the Russian culture will change beyond recognition
